Red Spider Mite
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Red Spider Mite
There is some tomato on our balcony. An unwanted photographic subject appeared on it. Here is the result. It has two tiny red spot, I think it is its eyes. One of them is over and slightly right from the base of the second leg, the other one is just on the upper edge above the firs one.
Last edited by acerola on Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:01 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Great images, Péter! I remember these beasts well from a class on plant pathology I took. Yes, the red spots should be the eyes. The species could be Tetranychus urticae, but I know hardly anything about spider mite taxonomy.
The details of the leaf, like the plant hairs and stomata in the photos, are a real add-on .
--Betty
The details of the leaf, like the plant hairs and stomata in the photos, are a real add-on .
--Betty
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